Editor’s Note: Encyclo has not been regularly updated since August 2014, so information posted here is likely to be out of date and may be no longer accurate. It’s best used as a snapshot of the media landscape at that point in time.

CNN is an American television news network, the first 24-hour news channel on television.

About half of CNN’s revenue comes from cable subscription fees, while the other half comes from advertising and other sources. Digital advertising and sales account for about 10 percent of the network’s revenue. CNN says its profits have been in double digits each year since 2004, though it has not provided exact figures. It was reported to be on track for a record $600 million profit in 2012. Its gross advertising revenue was reported to be $379.5 million in 2012, making it the 23rd-largest basic cable network in that category. In 2014, Turner Broadcasting announced it would offer 600 buyouts across its properties, with layoffs expected to follow.

As its competitors have moved toward opinion and advocacy journalism, CNN has emphasized its non-ideological approach, billing itself as “the only credible, nonpartisan voice left.” That approach has been criticized by some for creating a forced, false balance between viewpoints or as lacking an identity. Others have praised CNN’s fact-based philosophy, particularly in the wake of breaking news. More recently, however, CNN’s coverage of breaking news has been criticized, especially after it reported erroneous information after the Boston Marathon bombing of April 2013.

The future of news is humans talking to machines — This year, the iPhone turned 10. Its launch heralded a new era in audience behavior that fundamentally changed how news organizations would think about how their work is discovered, distributed and consumed. This summer,...

Mozilla is an free, open software company and community. Mozilla grew out of software and telecom company Netscape, which was founded by Jim Clark and Marc Andreessen in 1994 and was originally called the Mosaic Communications Corporation. In 1998, Mozilla was launched as an open, global network for the collaborative creation of free software. They…

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